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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 18, 1918. I I t I UNCLE SAM WILL PROVIDE LAND TO. GIVE BOYS HOME Jo Make it Possible for Re turning Soldiers t: Secure Good Farm After the War. Dy Associated Press. -Washington, Aug. 17. When the soldier of 1865 laid down his arms to take up a civil occupation, he turned westward in a matchless public do main which he helped to develop into the world's richest farms and cities. The government was ab!e to point the way to a method by which the re turned soldier was able to (turn his talents for a livelihood, and the gov ernment now is laying the ground -work to have similar land available vhen th great war ends and the mil lions of American soldiers return to civil life. While the vast domain that awaited the civil war veteran cannot be dupli cated for those who return from the European battlefields, there ure mil lions of acres which can be . made available with proper legislation and subsequent development, end which, j according to the present plans, will it ! offered to the returning soldier with i ample time to pay for the cost of de velopment if he desires to accept it Congress will be asked for legisla tion to make this land available, ac cording to the present plans of Sec retary Lane and Congressional lead ers. Land to Be Reclaimed. Secretary Lane has announced that it will be the policy of the Depart ment of the Interior to ask for legis lation by which arid lands of the west, cut-over Jand of the northwest, and swamp lands in the middle west and the south, can be reclaimed und the soldier given a preferred status in its allotment Bills are now before con gress on that subject, and the plan now is to weld into an administration bill a ..measure embracing Secretary Lane's ideas, the legislation to be pat terned after a bill now before the house public: lands committee by Represen tative Smith of Idaho. The amount of swamp and cut-over lands is extensive, reports from the Department of the Interior indicate. but just how extensive :s not known. It is estimated that approximately 60,000,000 acres of swamp and over flow land can be made available for farming. Some of it has passed into private ownership. It lies chiefly in Florida, in the states along the At lantic and Gulf coasts, 11 the Missis sippi delta and in Missouri. Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and California. It is estimated that of the cut-over and logged-off land there is approxi mately - 200,000,000 acres suitable for agricultural development A larger percentage of this land w now in pri vate ownership, and it is shown that failure to develop it is cue largely to inadequate methods of approach, says Secretary Lane. Unless a new policy cf development is worked out in co operation between the United States, the states and the individual owners, a greater part of it will remain unset tled and uncultivated ALBERT 17. JEFFERIS' FOR CONGRESS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, AUG. 20 CHARLES UNITT Candidal for Republican Nomination (or County Commissioner Fifth Coramiaalener District SOLICITS YOUR VOTE " I promlx if slatted an Honast, Efficient - and Economical Administration of tha Affaira of tha Count. ( Favor tha 9uildlnf of Good Substantial Road and Bridf a, and Kasplnf Thara In Good Repair, v XESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT 37 YRS. Primarlee, Auf. 20. Election, Nov, S. ... ) i rr- A VOTE FOR Charles Eat telle -FOR- County Attorney MEANS BETTER LEGAL SERVICE DOUGLAS COUNTY . FOR The office of County Attorney to be filled by the voters at the fall election is the particular office in which all of the people are directly interested, as the man selected to fill the office must enforce the laws that contribute to the safety and well being of (the community. ' Mr, Charles Battelle, who is a candidate for office of County Attorney, to be voted for at the republican primaries next Tues day, is a lawyer of over twenty years experience. v - ' I have known him intimately since boyhood, and know' him to be ajawyer of splendid attainmentsenergetic and honest, a man of courage who will be fearless in the performance of his duties. - I hope he will receive your vote at the primaries and, if nomi nated, at the general election, r . . JOHN L. McCAGUE. A x '? J VOTE FOR THE HASTINGS MAYOR Uilliam afJgett Republican Candidate for United States Senator A Friend of the Farmer ,and Laboring Man If You Want a Man in tha U. $1 Senate Who tands for Loyalty to the Government, Good Things for Our Soldier Boys nd Their Dependents, National Prohibition, Equal Suffrage, More Federal Aid for Good Roada, Federal Insurance for tha Laboring Man, Government Control of Railroads nd Other Utilities When Neces sary to Best Carry on tha War, Against War Profiteering. And if you want a good, conserva tive business man who has always been a friend of the eommon people you should vote for Thf Hastings Mayor, WILLIAM MADGKTT, at the Primaries, August 20. , KO.rrtT COWCU, f.Mi CARL C. MCNftlNQ. Vicg-Patgiotaf FRANK WILCOX, SfCftCTm ExecntWa Committee : tl eiNSOU OsvtD coil .. NOWMO K. BllDfttOCf - C0WAK0 BMIUCT - TMOJ. S 0UINUN '. , mnn a bthns AatCftOSiMM CHti a tint crt a mxn WUJ1 c cossv cms. a etMMCL' run h. noy( WVIO tHBNStUUl ceo. w mi , imi r. tcon a cots ' ' a iorTT " CONINGHUS t It KOSIIKOM f mm a nonza josem tusfsn cetRTTmMgj, M N.kCLSOM 'a C PtNCOUt, t nsfNCS idOHN eLOdw OMN ICWO t . M. UNGLCTOst. : Khil hotz tto euixMin - K W lUKEM ; oer a hme . Wit CRD , 1 M MsNEY ' ' tHa BU0LCV C ANDCRSOM ' ce-1 (. vsnci J4SMEI H IYNCM N WESTERGtMS tMOl WILES ttVKt TKKNOMf MTMiM BEHNSTCHt '. . Walter will STREITI ( ' 4. W CLWOOO k iomh rucK ' W- t SELVT THLt . B05TwC,, . L. BARNETT dAMEf H JTINej- a. buxx , M B- UMEROW BERT f, fpWLEU t M. WtLRSTM ' ' C T. RECTOR : tonn c rosickt) ; tO WENSEX ' ' W. HOU5LE t, C HEMSUSM t- W SHOEMSKEB Stamlev a LdovjaV, ea rower tRIS DAHMKC HENRY (TOLTENBCRa ' f. C ROBINSON .' ' ft HARRIER w SHR1VER FOR COUNTY TREASURER v 1047-9 Omaha National Bank BuiltiiBg '. 0MAHVNEB., August 14th," 1918. oear SI ri We take . pleasure in announcing to you the candidacy iof ST.": Q. :. Sh river, for the office of County Treasurer, sub JectMoithe wtll'of the voters at the Primaries to be heldAuK2orU9l8,, we has. been a' resident taxpayer of Omaha for thirty- seven years; 'and 1 has He was County Assessor during the years 1-008 to 1913 held other positions of trust in this city. ua'Is weliequlpped to meet the duties of County Treasurer and fflU be a credit to his constituents if 'nominated andelected to this office. Mr. Shrlver;vls a Republican and a loyal, native born Amerlcan'citlzen,4 WesK yoursupport at the Primaries August 20th and" extend to you a most cordial Invitation to register .your name with ours as members of the "Shriver for County Treasurer" Cluiu ' Yours Respectfully 4 ifiMflrrf President. Secretary. Phone Douglas 1836., This Letter is Addrassed to Every Republican Voter in Douglas County 1 Help Boost for Barrows Do te people of Nebraska want a man with , legislative experience for Lieutenant Gov ernor whose duties will be to preside over the Nebraska senate? If so, P. A. JJarrows has that desirable qualification. P. A. Barrows, candidate for the republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor, as a rep resentative of one of Ne V braska's big daily papers, has covered several sessions of th legislature and is intimately ac quainted with legislative pro cedure and the needs of the state. His experience has been of a personal nature and there fore is in close touch with the business interests of the commonwealth and the legislation needed to meet the requirements of the state. Mr., Barrows is eminently an American product. He was born on a farm in Plymouth county, Mass., in 1861, close to the Old .Rock where his ancestors landed in 1620. His great grandfather fought in the Revolution, in the war of 1812 and his father was a sergeant in the civil war, He was drum major of the First Nebraska regimental band when that regiment went to the' Philippines, but was rejected because of physical causes. He was commander of the Nebraska Sons of Veterans in 1892-93 and colonel of a regiment of S. V. guards. Six years ago he was re tired with a commission after ten years' service in the Nebraska National Guard and when war was declared against Germany offered his services to the government but was rejected because of being jbove theage limit. His only child, a daughter, is in Y. W. C. A. war service. Mr. Barrows came to Nebraska in 1878 and settled on a homestead in Boone county, where he resided for 32 years. When the Union Pacific railroad was built into that county he worked on the road as a track layer and knows what it is to work for day wages. He learned the printer's trade in all departments and by his own exertions has risen until for more than six years he has held the responsible position of Lincoln representative for one of Omaha's big daily, papers. Mr. Barrows is not a college graduate, but was educated in the good old school of experience and hard knocks and knows what it is to go up against the real problems that confront a man and solve them and he has gener ally done so. He never ran for office before, but hopes with the aid of his friends and those voters of the state who believe in a square deal all around to be nominated as the republican candidate for lieutenant governor. Mr. Barrows' election would put the office on the high plane contemplated by the framers of the, constitution. He is free from factional quarrels and would add strength to the ticket at the general election. Candidate for Republican Nomination - 1, I ' &r - i. y ''J -hi sfyf . ? - . ft IL?., I'fri.fiiniife thffTiitiairtasii'jM? Tf mian inj-"i-nmam nan i - m immiia iiim For United States Senator (p j VOTE FOR . J WW im L. E. ADAMS ! Republican Candidate for i j "County Surveyor ! I I Now Satisfactorily' Serving in This Position. To the Voters of Nebraska Interested in the Welfare of the Public Schools of the State: The last regular session of the Legislature very wisely took the of fice of State Superintendent of Public Instructidn out of politics by putting this office upon the Non-partisan ballot. So the vari ous candidates for the first time must stand solely upon their in- dividual merit and fitness for this important office. For all around fitness by educa tion and experience, the candidacy of Superintendent Charles M Sutherland, now superintendent of the citv schools of Creisrhton will appeal to the discriminating voter at the August Primaries. ( Superintendent Sutherland was born in Ohio in 1875; came to Schuyler, Nebraska, in 1884. He was educated in the public school at Schuyler and at the University of Nebraska. He has been engaged in public school work for the past twenty-four years. He taught two years in the rural schools of Colfax county; three years as Principal of the East Ward school at Schuyler; seven years as Prin cipal of the village schools of How ells, Nebraska; eight years as Su perintendent of the city schools at Genoa, Nance county, Nebraska; and he is now serving his fourth year as Superintendent of the city schools of Creighton. His tenure of office at these places proves that he has made good. Hehas never asked any Board of Educa tion to elect him more than a year at a time. The schools have al ways been up to the required stand ard under his charge. He has proven his ability as an organizer, an executive, and as an instructor. Mr. Sutherland has a family ac cording to the ideas of Col. Roose velt, consisting of eight children, five girls and three. boys. Mr. Sutherland is a Spanish- American War Veteran, serving in lo. K or tne second Regiment Ne braska Vol. Infantry. Mr. autneriand s candidacy is remarkably free from "any en tangling alliance." He is interested in no private school, but is free to eive his undivided attention to jthe duties of the office. The field of . labor and the problems to be solved are large enough to require all of a man's time and energy, to which the State, without a doubt is en titled. The warconditions have brought on emergencies in the educational interests of the State of Nebraska which will require the best that is in any man in fact, his undivided attention. Again, Mr. Sutherland is inter ested in no Teachers' Agency di rectly or indirectly. In fact, he considers the Commercial Teach ers' Agency an imposition upon the underpaid teachers of the state,' who are compelled to pay from 4 to 6 per cent of. their years' salary to an Agency to get Ahem a jod witn an aireaay too small a wage. Some agencies have been so prosperous during the past two years that their managers Wave bragged about paying an income tax. It is high time that the schools, Normals and Universities, together with the State Depart ment, get' the teachers in touch tvith these vacancies without charg ing them a cent of their now too meager compensation. Any State Superintendent interested in any Teachers' Agency would have the teachers of the state like the old darkey's coon trap, where he caught them a coming and a going. Mr. Sutherland refuses to make any promise or promulgate any fancied program, but he does as sure the people of Nebraska, he will put forth his best efforts to serve the educational interests of the state to the fullest extent of his time, his energy and his abili ty. The people of the state inter ested in the betterment of the schools of the state will make' no mistake in supporting Superintend ent Charles M. Sutherland for the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Fred 'Young, a member of the Council of Defense and of the ' Genoa Board of Education and Editor of the Genoa Leader, writes in this manner in the current issue of his paper: "Prof. .C. M. Sutherland, for eight years superintendent of our public schools, has filed for the nomination for State Superintend ent of Schools. We do hot know anything about his opponents,-but we do know that Sutherland would make a mighty good man for the office. Absolutely competent and an energetic worker." (From The Creighton News) mmi -aaaaaaaaaassaaasaaaasaaaaasai Congressman Sloan has a record long and extensive enough to permit of judgment by works as well as by words. He is no unknown quantity. He is a winning candidate. He has a po litical tally sheet which contains not a single defeat. He is a loyal member of his party, devoted to its principles and work ing in harmony with its leaders. He represents and expresses party solidarity and in doing so is able to obtain those things in legislation which make for the greatest general good. He has a congressional record that is eloauent in service well done. He has risen to hieh ranks at Washington. There is no reason to assume that he will belie his past achievements or rest under the laurels he has already won. There is every reason to believe that if the republicans of Nebraska chooae him as their candidate for senator and the citizens at the later election ratify that choice by an election he will continue 1p give to his state the same high order of faithful service that has distinguished his congressional record. I For these reasons the Republican believes that Congress man Sloan is the strongest senatorial candidate now before the people of Nebraska and the republicans of the state should give him a strong plurality vote on August 20th. The York Republican. Judge Ernest B. Perry Has Been Widely Endorsed for Nomination For the Supreme Bench Because: 1. He is one of the youngest district judges in the state. 2. He has been on the bench for seven years and only eleven of his cases have been reversed the minimum record. 3. He is familiar with irrigation lawsuits and comes from the western part of the state. . 4. He has been endorsed by farmers, by business men and by the1 state bar association. 6. He became a candidate at the request of five thousand voters of his district. His nomination petition is the largest on file. Endorsement of Judge Perry The Bar Association of the Fourteenth Judicial District met at Stockville, Thursday, June 13th. After disposing of the regular program by the Association, the following reslution was unani mously adopted: Resolution "Whereas. By the preferential vote taken by the Bar of th. State for recommendation of candidates for Judges of the Supreme Court, the Honorable E. B. Perry, District Judge of our district, without effort on his part, received a place among the six if en recommended for that office by the State-Wide Bar; and "Whereas, We have, during the seven years he has occupied our District Bench? learned by experience and association that Judge Perry is a jurist of extraordinary ability, unquestionable integrity and a gentleman of high moral character, and is a man eminently . qualified for a position on the Supreme Bench. "Therefore, Be it resolved by the Bar Association of the Four teenth Judicial District of the State of Nebraska, now in meeting assembled at Stockville, that we heartily and unanimously endorse the Honorable E. B. Perry as a candidate for the Supreme Court: pledge to him our unqualified support and tuireservedly commend him to the voters of the state." McCook Tribune. Remember Judge . B. Perry holds the state record for Slashinf Judicial Red Tape.